Schumer to Trump: Don’t ‘Interfere’ With Russian Probe

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer warned President Donald Trump not to heed calls to fire special counsel Robert Mueller and to allow Mueller’s investigation to continue.

“These reported indictments show that the special counsel’s probe is ongoing in a very serious way. The rule of law is paramount in America, and the investigation must be allowed to proceed unimpeded,” the New York Democrat said Monday, the same day the indictments secured by Mueller were unsealed.

“Calling for Mueller’s firing would undercut the White House argument,” a “senior administration official” told CNN.

Schumer said that if Trump does block Mueller’s investigation, Congress will act.

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“The president must not, under any circumstances, interfere with the special counsel’s work in any way. If he does so, Congress must respond swiftly, unequivocally, and in a bipartisan way to ensure that the investigation continues,” he said, according to Independent Journal Review.

One of the key factors invoked is the fact that Hillary Clinton’s campaign and the DNC funded the Trump-Russia dossier, which may have been used to launch the initial probe into connections between Trump and Russia.

Trump has denied that any collusion ever existed.

“It turns out that Russia has sown distrust in the U.S. political system — aided and abetted by the Democratic Party, and perhaps the FBI. This is an about-face from the dominant media narrative of the last year, and it requires a full investigation,” The Wall Street Journal wrote in an editorial

However, on Monday, Democrats used the indictments as grounds to continue congressional investigations that have so far found no evidence Trump colluded with Russia, as reported by The Hill.

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“I’m also more convinced than ever that both the Judiciary Committee and Intelligence Committee must continue their oversight investigations. Congress must get to the bottom of possible obstruction of justice and collusion as well as Russia’s interference with our democratic institutions,” said Democrat Sen. Diane Feinstein of California.

Democrats also called for action to support Mueller in his investigation of Trump

“Members of Congress … must also make clear to the president that issuing pardons to any of his associates or to himself would be unacceptable, and result in immediate, bipartisan action by Congress,” said Sen. Mark Warner, a Virginia Democrat.

Paul Manafort, Trump’s former campaign manager, and Rick Gates, who worked with Manafort on the campaign, were indicted on Monday for “conspiracy against the United States, conspiracy to launder money, unregistered agent of a foreign principal, false and misleading FARA statements, false statements, and seven counts of failure to file reports of foreign bank and financial accounts.”

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The indictments against them, which were the product of Mueller’s investigation, related to activities all took place as part of Manafort’s consulting business and not as part of the work with the Trump campaign.